Button.



Patented Nov. 20, I900.

E. 3. SMITH.

BUTTON.

(Application filed Oct. 15, 1895.)

' cub Model.)

INVENTOR ATTORNEY UNHTED STATES PATENT T Prion.

EDIVARD S. SMITH, OF WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO CHRISTINA J. HIGLEY, OF NElV YORK, N. Y.

BUTTON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 662.033, dated November 20, 1900.

Application filed October 15. 1895. Serial No. 565,756. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWARD S. SMITH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Waterbury, county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented acertain new and useful Improvement in Buttons, particularly for use in connection with garment-supporters, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in buttons, particularly for use in connection tion that it will not wear or tear the garment to be supported, and because of its novel construction will perfectly perform the function for which it is intended.

My invention is illustrated by the accom- 0 panying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a plan view of my invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the device illustrated in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a vertical crosssection through the center of the button,taken 5 on line 00 00, Fig. 1. Figs. 4, 5, 6, and 7 are vertical sectional views of the several details of my invention; and Fig. 8 is aside elevation of a modification, partly in section.

Similar letters refer to similar parts.

A is a suitable base having by preference a centrally-located opening, the surrounding Wall of the perforation being flanged upwardly, said flange being designated by the reference-letter B.

5 O is a thimble forming a hollow buttonshank adapted to rest upon the base A and around said perforation, performing the function of a strut to hold apart the base A and a rubber ring D.

E is a tubular rivet or bolt provided with a flange F toward its upper end. The thimble C is by preference also provided with a flange G toward its upper end. The ring D is by preference formed of rubber, leather, or some analogous material and is provided with an inwardly-projecting flange or web H, forming a small perforation centrally located with respect to the ring.

In uniting the parts above described the thimble O is placed upon the base A, around the perforation therein, the rubber ring is placed upon the upper end of the thimble, and the tubular rivet is passed through the perforation in the center of the ring D and continued down through the thimble and the perforation in the base A. The said rivet is then forced down until it draws the flange or web H of the rubber ring'D downward and grips it tightly between the inner wall of the thimble and the outer wall of the said rivet, as clearly indicated in Fig. 3. The lower edge of said rivet is then expanded or spun around the lower side of the base A, as indicated in Fig.

3, securely holding the parts together.

It is obvious that in some cases the flange B of the base-plate may be dispensed with and the thimble O merely placed around the said perforation in the base. The advantage of providing the flange B, however, is apparent, in that it is not necessary that the lower edge of the rivet E should extend below the lower surface of the base A, as would be the case if the said flange B were omitted. If desirable, also the sides of the thimble, which form the shank of the button when the parts are all assembled,may be cylindrical,as shown in the modification illustrated in Fig. 8, said thimble being designated by the referenceletter O. In this modification it is obviously desirable that the shape of the tubular rivet .90 E should correspond substantially to the said thimble. It is apparent that the opening in the base A through which the rivet E passes may be located in any desired position in the base A; but it is by preference formed sub- 5 stantially in the center of the same, as above indicated.

Practical experience has demonstrated that when the button-head is formed of smooth material it is possible for the garment to slip out of engagement with the supporter, Whereas the yielding substance constituting the head of this invention aiTords a frictional engagement between said garment and the button, which makes it impossible for the said garment to he accidentally disengaged therefrom. Furthermore, it cannot Wear, tear, or injure the garment in any way.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. As a new article of manufacture, a button comprising a base supporting a thimble, in turn supporting a ring of rubber or analogous yielding substance having an inwardlyprojecting web, and a rivet holding said Web in engagement between the outer wall of said rivet and the inner wall of the thimble, sai rivet being secured to the base.

2. In a button in combination, a base, a thimble supported thereby, a circular head of yielding material projecting outside of and supported on the top of said thimble, a rivet tening the parts together, the central portion of said yielding head being securely held between the inner wallof said thimble and the outer wall of said rivet.

3. In a garinexit-supporter, a button comprising a base having a perforation surrounded by an upwardly-projecting flange, a thimble adapted to be supported by said base, an outwardly-projeeting flange toward the upper end of said thimble, a tubular rivet expanded toward its upper end to form a flange F, and a ring D of yielding substance, having an inwardly-extending Web H adapted to be held securely between said rivet and thiinble when the parts are assembled.

EDWARD s. SMITH.

WVitnesses:

R. G. MITCHELL, FRANK S. OBER. 

